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Pioneering, Academy Award-winning writer-director-producer Charles Burnett joins FilmScene for an evening of wide-ranging discussion examining his acclaimed filmography, his lengthy career, and thoughts on cinema as art and industry.

Burnett is the recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” grant and received an honorary Academy Award in 2017 for his esteemed career.

PASSES

$75 nonmembers
$50 members
$35 students
Include ticket to Cinema Savant event and reception and each Burnett retrospective film

Individual tickets also available.

Cinema Savant

About the Series

Pioneering, Academy Award-winning writer-director-producer Charles Burnett is celebrated with a Cinema Savant honor and a film retrospective.

Pioneering, Academy Award-winning writer-director-producer Charles Burnett joins FilmScene for an evening of wide-ranging discussion examining his acclaimed filmography, his lengthy career, and thoughts on cinema as art and industry.

Burnett is the recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” grant and received an honorary Academy Award in 2017 for his esteemed career.

PASSES

$75 nonmembers
$50 members
$35 students
Include ticket to Cinema Savant event and reception and each Burnett retrospective film

Individual tickets also available.

Past Films in this Series

KILLER OF SHEEP

KILLER OF SHEEP

Cinema Savant

Thu, Oct 31

MY BROTHER'S WEDDING

MY BROTHER'S WEDDING

Cinema Savant

Thu, Oct 24

TO SLEEP WITH ANGER

TO SLEEP WITH ANGER

Cinema Savant

Thu, Oct 17

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